On 22-Aug-2001 J. C. Woods wrote:
> "D. R. Evans" wrote:
>> 
>> On 22 Aug 01, at 22:04, DStevenson wrote:
>> 
>> > On the machine with the pinter attached:
>> >
>> >  lpq     -   to show what jobs are in the queue
>> >  cancel [job id]   -   to kill the job
>> >
>> > Always works for me.
>> >
>> 
>> Nope. "cancel" is the same as "lprm", and that's the first thing I
>> always try, in the forlorn hope that perhaps this time it will work.
>> Yes, the queue status says that it's empty but the printer keeps
>> spewing out the screwed-up binary.
>> 
>> It works fine (here) for removing yet-to-be-printed jobs from the
>> queue, but not for ones that have started printing.
>> 
>>   Doc Evans
> 
> Have your tried "lprm-cups"? Do you even have such an executeable,
> /usr/bin/lprm-cups?
> 

lprm is a link to lprm-cups or the lpd  lprm.

Maybe you can switch back to lpd printing if cups isn't working out for you.
I've also switched back to lpd because I couldn't set up the printer as I
wanted.

Gregor

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E-Mail: Gregor Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 23-Aug-2001
Time: 08:58:13
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